April 2018

GUJARAT Govt defers plan to make Gujarati must in all schools   The Gujarat government has deferred implementation of its decision to make Gujarati language compulsory in all schools from class I. The government had earlier in March announced that Gujarati language was compulsory, from class I at all schools in the state, affiliated with all education … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat is sixth biggest direct selling market: Survey   Gujarat has been ranked at sixth position in India’s direct selling market as the state managed to garner 6.99% share in overall sales of direct selling companies across India in 2016-17. In western region, Gujarat comes second after Maharashtra, revealed an annual survey 2016-17 by … Read more

GUJARAT GCMMF, members to set up six new plants   The Gujarat Co-operati The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation(GCMMF) and its member unions will invest Rs 2,000 crore in the next two years to enhance its milk processing capacity from the current level of 320 lakh litres per day (LLPD) to 400 LLPD in the next two … Read more

GUJARAT Govt implements Mukhyamantri Apprenticeship Scheme   After facing extreme criticism over the high level of unemployment in Gujarat, chief minister Vijay Rupani had announced a scheme in the recent state budget to give stipend (unemployment allowance) to youths who take training as apprentices in any private firm.   The state labour and employment department quickly announced the … Read more

GUJARAT Rs 2,000 crore under AMRUT for 31 Gujarat cities   The central government has committed financial assistance of Rs 2,070 crore for development of 31 cities in the state under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).   The 31 cities included Ahmedabad, Dwarka, Jamnagar, Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Godhra, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat … Read more

GUJARAT Okha set to get national coastal police academy   After getting an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) police station at Nava Banderin Porbandar to register offences occurring within 12 to 200 nautical miles of western coast in 2015, Gujarat is now set to get another national-level security institution, the Rashtriya Coastal Police Academy(RCPA). The academy will come up at Okha in … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launches digital platform for police force   In order to improve the conviction rate, Gujarat police introduced the digital platform called Pocket Cop Project, under which 4900 smartphones will be contested with real-time information of 68 lakh criminals.   Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched the innovative application as a part of … Read more

GUJARAT Gujarat’s tree cover just 4.04%: Study   Gujarat has one of the poorest tree covers in the country. A report published by the state social forestry department recently has claimed that only 11.04% geographic area of the state is under forest cover.   In all Gujarat ranks 23rd in the country when it comes to … Read more

GUJARAT Governor of Gujarat clears 11 bills, sends 3 to President   Governor of Gujarat O P Kohli has dealt with 14 bills passed by the state assembly in the last budget session. Of these, three bills have been sent to the office of the President of India to receive the President’s assent, while he has cleared the other … Read more

GUJARAT India’s first green district cooperative bank to be inaugurated in Surat on April 13   India’s first district cooperative bank built on the green concept will be inaugurated in the diamond city by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday.   Established in 1909, the 109-year-old Surat district cooperative bank has become the first among the 370 … Read more